Hans Creek Forest

Farm Description

Hans Creek Forest is an opportunity to purchase one of largest private land holdings in growing Saratoga County. Spread across -half square miles of rolling hardwood ridges and scenic conifer forests, Hans Creek offers a sound investment in land, timber and conservation at an attractive price point of only In addition, an established hunting lease program generates of annual revenue, a figure well in excess of the property taxes.

One of the most intriguing site attributes at Hans Creek is its sheer size. Spanning nearly seven square miles of productive working forest land, the property provides a lot of space for growing timber, hiking, hunting and retreating from the pressures of everyday life. Hans Creek Forest is an endless mosaic of hardwood and spruce forests, scenic beaver ponds, clear trout streams, a hunting camp and solitude. Its diverse terrain consists of a mix of gently rolling, well-drained ridges and sweeping valleys. The property serves as key habitat to a variety of wildlife species including white-tailed deer, moose, grouse, ducks, geese, turkeys, fisher, porcupines and beaver. The property is named after Hans Creek, a stream with both native and stocked trout that flows through the northeast corner of the property for about a mile.

Hans Creek has been a working forest for decades and has the capacity and land base to produce quality hardwood sawtimber over the long term. The current timber resource is anchored by a favorable mix of pole-sized hardwoods and softwoods, which offer solid asset growth potential over the coming decade. Sugar maple, red maple, yellow birch and beech make up the hardwood canopy, while the predominant softwood species are red spruce, balsam fir, and eastern hemlock. Hans Creek has an unusually high percentage of commercial forest acreage (96%) for a property of this size. Capital Timber Value (CTV) has been set at .